Limoux grades C overall: better than 26% of compared French towns, and #9 of 22 in Aude. At the median price of €1,530/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Limouxin. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Limoux with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Limoux.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Limoux than in Aude or compared French towns: 11 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Limoux, that is above both Aude’s towns (5.1) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 12 historic monuments in Limoux, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Homes from before 1919 make up 14% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Limoux records more crime per resident than 82% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 316 offenses in the graded categories in Limoux in 2025. Violence against people ran at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 18.6 (2023–2025 average). For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.3% of the index here.
11.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage105
Burglary63
Other physical violence49
Family violence38
Sexual violence23
Theft from vehicles22
Vehicle theft16
Theft without violence103
Drug use74
Fraud72
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
11.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
316
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More people in Limoux are out of work than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: 17.3%
Limoux sits above both Aude’s towns (14.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €21,910 a year per consumption unit.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot12%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
5,950
jobs based in Limoux, 1.7 per working resident
17.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 78% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 14% of Limoux, fewer than in Aude’s towns and compared French towns
That puts Limoux below both Aude’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 30% of the town.
50.3median age
LimouxAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Limoux than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.27/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Limoux is below both Aude’s towns (€10.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,530/m², comes from 401 sales of houses and apartments in Limoux from July 2023 to June 2026. In Limoux, houses go for €1,604/m² and apartments for €1,238/m².
€1,530/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Limoux€1,530/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,604/m²
336
Apartments
€1,238/m²
65
€9.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.55 to €11.39/m² a month)
4.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.37/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,630
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Limouxin
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Limoux records 94 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 98 in Aude’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its five care homes for older people (335 places) count their residents as Limoux’s; allowing for them, deaths were 6% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Limoux is Polyclinique Montreal Carcassonne, 12.2 mi away. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw114
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
12
GPs in Limoux · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Montreal Carcassonne
14.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Carcassonne Antoine Gayraud
84.4 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aude, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Marie Petiet: Marie Petiet, Public domain · Jacques Ferrier: CommunicationFMS, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Didier Baichère: Dbaichere, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Émile Digeon: anonyme, Public domain
Limoux’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Limoux
Is Limoux safe?
It grades C− for safety, #14 of 22 in Aude. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 63 burglaries and 105 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Limoux good?
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns and #5 of 15 in Aude. 94% of 166 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jacques Ruffié in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Limoux expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,530/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Limoux grades B+ for cost of living.
About Limoux
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Limoux is a commune of 10,532 people in the Communauté de communes du Limouxin. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
